Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards
12:50 pm
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
That argument has been used. I do not know whether it will be used in the context of this contractual entitlement. I do not believe many of the people involved would have been in post in 1996. However, that issue of ambiguity that was in place was absolutely clarified by the statement of policy from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Health in October 2013.